CLO Magazine

APRIL 23, 2024

In 2020, we took our maiden steps into the realm of digital learning, using Skillsoft as a foundational platform for both mandatory and on-demand training initiatives. This integration ushered in a new era of learning agility, furnishing our employees with swift access to bite-sized, on-demand learning modules.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 5, 2023

That’s why as learning professionals, we’ve become experts at meeting our learners where they are — virtually, on-demand, hybrid — and responding to the resurgence of face-to-face teaching. The variety of modern learning tools ensures that learning and development is both timely and impactful within the moment.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Over the course of 2023, Chief Learning Officer readers were most interested in articles on various aspects of development strategies for talent and leadership. They were also interested in articles about diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, coaching and leadership strategy.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Over the course of 2023, Chief Learning Officer readers were most interested in articles on various aspects of development strategies for talent and leadership. They were also interested in articles about diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, coaching and leadership strategy.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Group learning has long been recognized as an effective approach to learning and talent development. Group learning can break down long-standing silos, drive culture change, build critical skills and leverage diverse perspectives in decision-making. Group learning offers a number of benefits.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 22, 2020

As workforces continue to grow more diverse, human resources and learning and development teams have embraced language training programs, such as Business English and ESL, for multicultural employees. Employee turnover and replacement are costly. is foreign-born (17 percent), and this number is growing.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In addition to the development of technical skills to help companies adopt the latest technology, we need skills throughout organizations that can help people to adapt to change and maximize their growth—coaching skills. What exactly is coaching? The speed of change is overwhelming for many leaders and employees. What can you try?

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 3, 2021

Whenever things change, I want to dive in and learn new skills, perspectives, procedures or approaches to be ready. As we emerge from the work-at-home chapter of the pandemic, my learning list is filled with cool topics that I want to explore and master. But where is the evidence to guide learning designers? Learning dashboard.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Chief Learning Officer published articles on a wide number of topics this year, such as virtual learning and development, empathy, coaching, diversity and inclusion, and crisis leadership amid a global pandemic. Accountability is key to enabling diversity and inclusion in organizations. By Shane Crabb.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Our most-watched webinars this year featured topics such as leadership development, coaching and organizational culture. Transformative Conversations: Steps to Organizational Change Speakers: Alan Todd , General Manager of cohort learning, Udemy Business; Mike Beer , Ph.D., Below are the 10 most-watched webinars of 2023.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 12, 2019

When Masie arrived, he ran into leadership coach Marshall Goldsmith, who lives just three blocks from Masie in New York — only to find out that Goldsmith was the other keynote speaker at the same event. Here we are in Taiwan, in Asia, where they were doing training and learning way before the U.S., According to the data, 5.6

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 24, 2020

When it comes to advancing organizational diversity and inclusion, too often leaders rely on the latest off-the-shelf training program or policy, but these initiatives do little to change employee behavior. Making inclusion a practice starts with creating a learning culture. Inclusion is practice.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

As employers look to support their employees and uplevel their skills, Fortune 1000 companies are finding training in virtual reality to be effective, efficient and most likely, more enjoyable than traditional e-learning programs. We saw a major retailer train 8,600 associates in three weeks with a new customer de-escalation program.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 3, 2023

If your organization isn’t offering help to grow your relationship skills, or personalized coaching and mentoring to support your development, then it’s time to look elsewhere. Personalized, relationship-based coaching is more effective than one-size-fits-all training The research found that use of leadership coaching is increasing.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In an era of remote working, organizations are scrambling to figure out three crucial things: How to retain employees from afar, how to foster leadership and development and how to demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. After all, a rising tide should lift all boats and a bird in the hand should be worth two in the bush.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

One of the many advantages of an internal talent review succession strategy is the opportunity to increase the diversity of a leadership team. Additionally, the talent review meeting should be facilitated objectively by HR professionals who have been trained in the methodology, using consistent criteria, tools and processes.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Disruptions and crises have a nasty habit of showing up unannounced, catching us off-guard, and very often unprepared. Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” – JFK The challenge Over the last few years, these conditions have put enormous pressure on organizations, their leaders and their boards of directors.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 29, 2019

So how can organizations focus diversity and inclusion efforts to address cultural groups’ unique needs and build fluid, cross-cultural communities that promote collaboration and avoid pigeonholing? The benefits of diversity in the workplace are clear. Provide specialized coaching/mentoring. One Size Doesn’t Fit All Women.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

While skills like budgeting, meeting management and setting team KPIs are all important, simply providing training in skills does not go far enough in preparing these individuals for a very challenging transition. Mindsets are essential drivers of behavior and they can be developed through training. Mindset No. Mindset No.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Diversity, equity and inclusion are words we are hearing much more often these days, and cultivating a culture of DEI to recruit and retain talent is a challenge many organizations are facing, especially during The Great Resignation. Let’s break this down to think about what DEI means in a simple way: Diversity is being invited to the party.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2023

In learning and development, we often feel like the last ones to be taken care of. Create a learning strategy. Some final piece of advice on this: It’s easy to curate curriculum from other sources rather than creating it all on your own, so consider investing in off-the-shelf content in order to scale for large learning audiences.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

All industries are undergoing enormous change, mostly due to new technologies, globalization, and a very diverse workforce. Social media allows restaurants, hotels, airlines, and travel services to market directly to us based on our personal interests. Any company, faced with these kinds of disruptive forces must keep learning.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Having diversity, equity and inclusion that is well-incorporated with an organization’s overall business strategy, as well as having someone at the helm of the function, has been a goal for leaders for some time now, but recent social unrest has escalated these efforts across the United States. Illustration by Theresa Stoodley. Apple Inc.’s

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2021

Applied in the context of learning and development, if an intervention is provided by the L&D function, involves instruction and learners, then it is “training.” This is an unfortunate truth, because to external appearances, most training does indeed look the same. Like ducks, such programs look a lot alike.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 8, 2023

Recent headlines have been dominated by tech companies laying-off highly compensated, white-collar professionals as they grapple with the effects of inflation. Meanwhile, many companies are worrying about a potential recession, as their executives brace for scrutiny of all budgets, including their learning and development budgets.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

These skills facilitate clear and effective communication and embody a deep respect for the diverse cultures that companies wish to engage with. The role of comprehensive language learning platforms, like Rosetta Stone , cannot be overstated. Thank you for your support.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2021

You will never learn to skate if you are afraid to fall. So, fall to get falling out of the way and then learn to skate.”. Anxiety has been especially high throughout the past year as we’ve worked with senior leadership teams on driving greater equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in their organizations.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2020

Six months into COVID-19, organizations are moving away from work-from-home concerns to focus on employee re-entry, with an eye toward talent engagement and retention — all amidst newly heightened awareness around diversity, equity and inclusion. Investing in training and upskilling to meet specific needs of multicultural employees.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2023

Leveraging internal resources for skill building is one of the most important tools in the learning and development leader’s arsenal. There are numerous ways to use internal resources to support learning, including coaching, mentoring, apprenticing, job shadowing and engaging in trial or stretch projects.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 12, 2023

A number of tragedies have amplified the social justice movement, with 76 percent of workers now saying “ a diverse workforce is an important factor when evaluating companies and job offers.” Times of great disruption demand new kinds of leaders, for what was successful in the past may be of limited value in the present.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 22, 2023

Managers must develop their skills to coach, encourage and advance those on their teams who are not like them, including women in general and especially women of color. Chief learning officers and HR professionals must work to foster systems and procedures that help level the playing field. There’s no doubt about it.

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CLO Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Since then, reports contradicting corporate America’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion have surfaced, particularly in Silicon Valley, where Black tech workers are speaking out. Seeking out and hiring diverse talent is a must, but it’s only the first step in the process, as many articles of late have noted.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 27, 2023

John is an ace at creating graphs and managing data on spreadsheets, while Jane is highly skilled in designing online presentations. Although you probably could delegate a spreadsheet task to John and walk away, he would need to begin at square one to learn presentation software. They would appreciate a supporting leadership style.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

But after reviewing the various ways to engage in learning, suddenly these myriad choices feel overwhelming. But after reviewing the various ways to engage in learning, suddenly these myriad choices feel overwhelming. How do they choose the optimal way to spend precious and limited time to learn? Let’s dive into each step.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 8, 2021

There has been significant media attention this year on professional women effectively balancing the demands on their time, particularly the trend of working moms exiting the workplace. And while talk of increased representation and development of robust, gender diverse talent pipelines is plentiful, progress has been modest at best.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 28, 2023

Developing R&D leaders is different from non-R&D leaders because of the unique nature of their temperaments and training. By understanding the strengths and weaknesses of potential R&D leaders, companies can create learning and development programs that more effectively foster their growth.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2024

Having transitioned from direct selling to learning and development a couple of times in my career, I have noticed some deficits in skilling approaches that may not be obvious to those who have never sold. In the past couple of years, I have been working hard to promote and protect the learner’s perspective. What worked well? Peer mentorship.

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